Jason Lang Profile
Jason Lang

@pi2infinity

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High school STEM teacher, drummer, standby flier, astronomer, recreational mathematician, socializer, nerd, options trader, lifelong-learner, #MfAProud, he/him

School year: NYC. Otherwise: ?
Joined February 2010
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@pi2infinity
Jason Lang
8 years
Wrong doesn't mean worthless. Be mindful of how impactful trivial errors are to grades in rubrics. What are you actually looking to assess?
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@pi2infinity
Jason Lang
3 years
Yeah, so fuck @elonmusk and fuck his @Twitter. My last tweet here will be to mention that I've moved to @pi2infinity@mathstodon.xyz. Lang out.
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@MrJohnRowe
John Rowe 👨🏽‍🚀
3 years
Which is more shaded? #mtbos #iteachmath
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@RobDenBleyker
Rob DenBleyker
3 years
i found a way to save $8 a month
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@ItsKeyes
Jordan “Not Going To Start Smoking” Keyes
3 years
Joyfully shouting, “Oh man, I LOVE this song” and then accidentally turning the shifter knob so hard the transmission falls out on the freeway
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@ThatTonyH
Tony Hightower may have
3 years
I know everyone thinks Hemingway has the ultimate Six Word Story, but may I present (Via https://t.co/XC3DlIXXC3 )
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@MrZachG
Zach Groshell
3 years
Teaching is so weird because nobody seems to want to talk about how to explain things... which seems like it'd be something we'd talk a whole lot about. There are a few things I've learned from research into clarity of explanations that I wish I'd been taught earlier 1/
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@eevee
eevee 💨
3 years
*extremely brief googling* from 2013 to 2020, seven years, there were 209 top surgeries on minors in the US. two reported regret in the 2018 school year alone, there were 99,000 traumatic brain injuries caused by high school football wonder which people are concerned about
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@JohnDCook
John D. Cook
3 years
Ask a room full of people to each roll a handful of dice and ask the ones with highest total to stand up. The ones who stand will have /something/ in common if you look hard enough. Maybe they have short hair, for example. ”Look: short hair is lucky!”
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@paulisci
Paul Fairie
3 years
A Brief History of Men Today Are Too Feminine and Women Too Masculine 🧵
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@AoPSNews
AoPS (Art of Problem Solving)
3 years
Can you get All Ten? Beast Academy's new daily math puzzle has one simple goal: use the four given digits along with +, −, ×, ÷, and parentheses to create expressions for every number from 1 to 10. (1/2)
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@AmerAcadPeds
American Academy of Pediatrics
3 years
As school resumes with changing COVID protocols, here's what parents should know about masking and their children's development: 🧵
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@MnDOT
Minnesota Department of Transportation
3 years
SO YOU JUST USE BOTH LANES AND RESIST THE URGE TO MERGE EARLY AND THEN TAKE TURNS AT THE MERGE POINT AND EVERYONE KEEPS MOVING AND THAT’S WHY THE ZIPPER MERGE IS SAFE AND EASY AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DO IT IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES
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@mathequalslove
Sarah Carter
3 years
I have been loving looking through L.P. Mochalov's collection of domino puzzles to find activities to use in my math classroom! Fraction Dominoes Puzzle https://t.co/KuE0FbM8cx #mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom
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@HannahThomasy
Hannah Thomasy, PhD
3 years
are there science camps for adults? like i just want to help someone dig up dinosaurs or count mushrooms or weigh turtles for like a week
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@pi2infinity
Jason Lang
3 years
SURE, OVER THERE LOOKS FLAT AND SURE A STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION CAN MAP BETWEEN A SPHERE AND AN INFINITE PLANE. THE RESULTING COORDINATE TRANSFORM CAUSES SPHERICAL PHYSICS EQUATIONS TO BE DEAD-ASS-COMPLICATED IN PLANAR. BRO NO ONE LIKES UNNECESSARY HYPERBOLIC TRIG FUNCTIONS, BRO.
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@bowenkerins
Bowen Kerins 🔗
3 years
From 2017-2021, the total number of African-American students in San Francisco taking AP Calculus dropped from 27 to 3. Yes, the entire city of San Francisco.
@mikeandallie
Mike Lawler
4 years
3/6 Here's a chart showing number of students taking the AP exams. Those numbers are down, and way down
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@CAFinUS
Canadian Forces in 🇺🇸
3 years
Reminder #52,367: Social media literacy is a national security issue.
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@MrHonner
Patrick Honner
3 years
Adrian earned $227 hunting pythons. Which of the following could *not* be the total feet-length of pythons she caught? A 9 B 11 C 13 D 15
@jennalaib
Jenna Laib
3 years
FINALLY a fresh context for working with linear equations! “…earns $13 an hour for the time she commits to hunting pythons throughout the year, then an additional $50 for the first 4 feet of any python she catches, and $25 for each foot beyond that.” #MTBoS #iteachmath
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@pi2infinity
Jason Lang
3 years
I could not be more pleased with my decision to follow this account.
@ThePunnyWorld
PUNS
3 years
My boss asked me why I only get sick on work days. I said it must be my weekend immune system.
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